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This quiz is to help review Unit 2 Population geography and Unit 3 Cultural geography.
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1
Thesecond-largest language family is
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Dravidian
2
Themost populous ethnic group in the United States
Latinos/Hispanics
African Americans
American Indians
Asian Americans
3
Which of the following is an example of a revived language?
Latin
Swahili
Greek
Hebrew
4
Studying religion is important to understanding a culture because
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture
religions are key to understanding the role of women
major world religions can be linked to a cultural homeland
religions don't have any impact on the built landscape
5
Arelatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
sect
branch
dialect
denomination
6
Thespatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of
Folk culture
Taboo
Popular culture
Habit
7
Where are Asian Americans distributed in the U.S.?
Midwest
West
Southeast
North
8
Theracist laws that divided South Africans were known as
secessionist
apomatox
apartheid
apartheus
9
Which statement best describes the Muslim population of the world?
Largest # is in the Middle East and North Africa
Largest # is in S. Asia & S.E. Asia
equally divided between Middle East, S. Asia, & S.E. Asia
Largest # is in S.W. Asia and E. Africa
10
Geographers study thesites where religions started & how they diffused. This shows
spatialconnections in religion
roleof history in the social sciences.
lackof spatial connections in religion
geo-religiouslinkages of culture
11
Alingua franca is
used in trade by people with different native languages
extinctlanguage that has been revived.
anEnglish word that has entered the French language
languageused by French colonial administrations
12
Problems with multi-lingual states include
antagonism between speakers of the different languages
place names are identified differently in different language
increased costs for printing government signs & literature
All of the above
13
Religions' influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all the following ways
except
shrines
places of worship
burial grounds
commercial districts
14
Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?
The Rocky Mountain Region
The Bible Belt
The South
The Gulf Coast
15
1 of the most obvious ways 4 a culture to exert its influence on the landscape in an urban area
make sure business leaders join the chamber of Commerce
is to make sure business signs are written in their language
it to make sure that their children go to public schools
it to take out loans from bankers
16
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
Spanish
Arabic
English
French
17
Terroirrefers to
agroup's sense of place.
act of violence a reaction against globalization.
sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.
agroup's food taboos
18
Folkcultures are spread primarily by
contagiousdiffusion.
stimulusdiffusion.
hierarchicaldiffusion
relocationdiffusion.
19
Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except
Judaism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
20
Which is an example of a folk cultural landscape in the United States?
All of the above
Log cabins in Appalachia
Pueblo communities in New Mexico
Amish communities in Pennsylvania
21
Culture is spread
all of the above
trans-national corporations
migrants
war and occupation
22
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
spread of laptop computers from the upper class to middle
Spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the U. S.
The spread of Spanish language to Latin America
Spread of AIDS from Africa to Europe
23
Which language family contains English?
Indo-European
Japanese
Niger-Congo
Afro-Asiatic
24
Thetwo largest language families in the world are
Indo-Iranianand Balto-Slavic.
Sino-Tibetanand Indo-European
Afro-Asiaticand Sino-Tibetan.
Altaicand Nilo-Saharan.
25
Theworld's largest universalizing religion is
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
26
Which two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for popular culture?
New York and Miami
New York and Chicago
Los Angeles and Detroit
New York and Los Angeles
27
Ataboo against pork is a characteristic of
Christianity & Hinduism
Judaism & Buddhism
Christianity & Buddhism
Judaism & Islam
28
What is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities?
Balkanization
Genocide
Ethnic cleansing
Urbanization
29
Englishis part of which language branch?
Germanic
Indo-European
Western
Northern
30
How are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?
Both religions believe in a rigid class system
Both religions believe in magic and divination.
Both religions believe in judgement day & rewards in heaven
Both religions believe in the principle of non-violence
31
Whichof the following is not a Romance language?
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Romanian
Italian
32
Popular culture is characterized by all of the following
except
quickly changing attributes
homogeneous population
globalization
urban population
33
A group of languages that share a common origin but have evolved intoindividual languages is a
dialect.
language family
language group
languagebranch.
34
Whichof the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?
White
Japanese
Hispanic/Latino
Black
35
Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
pronunciation
all of the above
spelling
vocabulary
36
Which of these is an ethnic religion?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
37
Which statement about universalizing religions is correct?
is for one group of people
A universalizing religion is usually easy to join.
A universalizing religion is one into which people are born.
It remains within the culture where they started
38
Americans'preferences for beverages and snacks
varyaccording to what is produced locally.
donot vary according to religious differences
donot vary from one region of the country to another.
Allof these answers are correct
39
The best example of cultural integration in the United States is
the Amish country in Pennsylvania
the upland South
the Mormon culture region
the Pacific Northwest
40
Mahayanists,in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
Life of self-help
renouncing of worldly goods
compassion
wisdom
41
Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is
true
?
Many foreign cultures have adoped Western traits.
Areas of the world have actively resisted Western culture
All of these are true
Backlash against Western culture has resulted in violence
42
Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family.
Japanese
Niger-Congo
Germanic
Indo-European
43
Ethnicidentity for U.S. descendants of European immigrants is primarily preservedthrough
neighborhoodsand locations.
schoolsand education
language.
religionand food
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The use of French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
concept of lingua franca
work of French Catholic missionaries
amount of power the French wielded over its colony
desire to adopt all the official languages of the UN
